Letting agent · pre-listing compliance check
MEES compliance check for letting agents
The problem
Listing a non-compliant property is the agent's risk: £30k penalty per let on the agent under MEES, and the landlord's response when they see the bill is to dispute. The current workflow is to copy/paste the EPC reference into MHCLG's website and decode the rules manually. Junior staff get this wrong; senior staff have better things to do.
How Stratum fits
The EPC endpoint takes a postcode or LMK and returns the EPC + a pre-computed MEES verdict in plain English ("This property meets the minimum E rating until 2030-09-30. Improve to C from 2030-10-01 to keep letting.") along with the relevant penalty band for the landlord conversation. Pair with the letting-agent suite endpoint to bundle the MEES check into the same audit-trail-ready PDF as sanctions + PEP.
One request
# Request
curl "https://api.stratumapis.com/v1/epc/postcode/SW1A%201AA/all" -H "x-stratum-key: $KEY"
# Response
{ "propertyCount": 1, "properties": [{"address": "...", "rating": "D", "meesVerdict": {"status": "meets-minimum-until-2030", "message": "This rented home meets the minimum E rating until 2030-09-30..."}}], "meesSummary": {"compliantCount": 1, "atRiskCount": 0} }Set $KEY from your dashboard.
Frequently asked
Does the verdict copy work for non-domestic property?
Yes. The endpoint emits different copy for "rented home" vs "commercial property" and surfaces the relevant penalty band for each (£5k / £25k / £150k for non-domestic vs £30k for domestic).
How do you handle exempt properties?
The EPC register flags exemptions (listed buildings, 7-year payback, etc); we surface the exemption code + a one-line plain-English explanation.
Is this approved by ARLA / Propertymark?
We surface the same data the ARLA Compliance Helpdesk references. The cert format is auditor-friendly and meets the May 2025 sanctions-rule audit-trail expectations when bundled in the suite endpoint.